Operations Analyst Executive Level 2

OPERATIONS ANALYST

Executive Level 2

Salary Range: $171,497 - $202,365

ASIS is Australia’s foreign intelligence collection agency. We collect and distribute secret foreign

intelligence, information which would be otherwise unavailable to Australia, to protect Australia and its

interests.

ASIS works closely with other members of the National Intelligence Community to deliver Whole-of
- Government outcomes. This active engagement and communication ensures a coordinated approach

to intelligence activities and appropriate use of government resources. We operate as part of a wider

group of intelligence allies, having close links to allied services and a range of ties with the intelligence

services of other countries.

ROLE

As an experienced Operations Analyst, you will work within a geographic or thematic Headquarters
- based team to enable operational outcomes, and support intelligence collection and distribution

priorities to deliver impact against the Australian Intelligence Missions (AIMs). You will collaborate with

a range of specialised contributors to generate operational impact. These may include HUMINT

collectors, linguists, technical specialists, secondees and integrees from counterpart agencies and

external agency customers.

techniques as part of the intelligence cycle to analyse information, evaluate opportunities and

communicate to inform decisions at the strategic, operational and tactical levels.

The role aligns intelligence opportunities to government requirements; supports administration,

planning and execution of secure and compliant operations, and communicates operational outcomes

to relevant stakeholders.

An Executive Level 2 Operations Analyst undertake work with a high level of complexity or sensitivity

and operate under broad direction. They exercise a significant degree of independence and perform

an important leadership role. Employees at this level will be responsible for influencing and developing

strategy, policies, priorities and operational practices in support of agency objectives based on high

level decision-making and judgement.

EL 2 Operations Analysts provide a high level of advice to senior management and Ministers as well as

coordinating and assuming responsibility for highly complex or sensitive projects or work programs

that have strategic, political and/or operational significance.

EL 2 Operations Analysts are also responsible for initiating, establishing and maintaining strong

relationships with key internal and external stakeholders and may lead a work team or teams.

This is a Canberra based position with requirement for short term overseas travel to engage with

overseas posted officers or international partners.

KEY FUNCTIONS

Support to Operations

Drive collection management by translating customer requirements into broad collection priorities
and assess, through engagement with ASIS customers, the benefit and impact of operations.

Collaborate with relevant SES, both overseas and Australia based, to develop and maintain a clear
strategic direction for their teams, and implement work plans and priorities for their teams to

enable ASIS operations.

Develop, coach and mentor members of the Section, including performance management, conflict
resolution and identification of training needs.

Sustain the capability of the Section by managing staff, finances, work flow, and procurement.

Liaison & Customer Relationships

Represent ASIS and engage National Intelligence Community partners, policy stakeholders,
decision-makers in the Australian Government and foreign liaison partners to enable the delivery

of ASIS’s objectives and facilitate cross-agency planning and collaboration.

Contribute to the preparation of correspondence, including, ministerial submissions and internal
briefings

Risk Management

Legal, Governance & Assurance

Provide advice on the Intelligence Services Act 2001, particularly with regard to compliance with
ASIS functions, to ensure activities are conducted in accordance with ASIS’s legislative/policy

framework, and to ethical standards.

Counter Intelligence

Identify CI threats and collate relevant CI data to contribute to the safe conduct of operations.

Reporting and Targeting

Some specific jobs also undertake specific functions.
- An Operations Analyst performing a reporting function may include the creation, review

and dissemination of Secret Intelligence reporting, and liaising with customers.
- An Operations Analyst performing a targeting role support operations by employing
targeting methodologies, data management and exploitation.

EDUCATION / QUALIFICATIONS / EXPERIENCE

One or more of the following education, qualifications and/or experience will be highly regarded:
Demonstrated expertise in research and analysis;
Proficiency in techniques or technology which assist the collection, mining, manipulation,

fusing, exploitation and visualisation of data;
Demonstrated proficiency undertaking open source (in